The fate of fixing up Omaha's public schools could soon be in the hands of taxpayers.

The school board heard from the public just hours ago and discussed putting the bond proposal on the November ballot.

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Citizens would pay an extra $112 per year for every $100,000 of home value.

The proposal drew mixed opinions from taxpayers.

Will $682 million get Omaha's public schools the facilities needed to educate children?

The answers are varied. School officials said the money could build a new high school in northwest Omaha.

"I suppose I would want one closer than Burke," west Omaha parent Tara Carreon said.

"When they go to Buffett, they go to different high schools. There is just no sense of community," west Omaha parent Sherry Peterson said.

If it doesn't, the school board might not get the voters it needs to raise money to overhaul almost every outdated building in the district.

"If there was not a high school in the improvement plan, would you vote no? Probably," west Omaha parent Sherry Peterson said.

If northwest Omaha doesn't get what it wants, many voters in central Omaha will.

"They are making payments. You add another $683 million on top of that, you question their ability to do that without significant increases in their enrollment or significant increases in tax revenue," PoliticalInsidersReport.com representative Chris Scott said.

Divide the debt by the Omaha Public Schools student population, that's roughly $18,300 per student.

"That's a lot of debt per student. The way it stands right now, I would be more than Lincoln and Millard. Try the second and third biggest school districts out there," Scott said.

"If there is a bond, and again, we are talking if, you're not going to issue everything in one year, so that debt at $682 (million) will not just come on," Omaha Public School Board President Justin Wayne said.

The school board said right now it's only a plan and could change.

"We're providing the best education for our students in a high-quality man, in a high-quality school, and that is what we are going for. There's no waste out here that we are proposing," Wayne said.

To put the $1 billion of proposed debt in perspective, according to records with the Douglas County clerk, the entire city of Omaha has an outstanding debt of $1.2 billion.